phatj wrote:

Bucky wrote:

phatj wrote:Help me find a use for OneNote

Oh, just about your whole stinkin' life. I put everything in there that doesn't have a proper home (like a bank register that has its own place). When I figure out something- like how to do something in excel- I copy and paste there. I keep all the model #s of my appliances there- if I'm out and I think "hey, I need a water filter for the fridge", it's in my pocket in OneNote.

I'll go through a few random pages:

-At one point I was copying VHS tapes onto DVD via the PC. I figured out what I needed to do. If I wanted to come back in a year, I would never remember what I did. So I quickly jotted down all the steps there.
-I figured out how to rip audio CDs and get them to play in the proper chapter order in my SANSA clip. I copied down all the instructions on how to make that happen.
-I did research on washing windows (ain't I exciting?) I copied the pertinent web pages there, including the "home formula" that I decided on. When I ran out, I opened up onenote and quickly recalled how to make more.
-I (used to) buy the food for the fire co. 4th of july parade. Every year, at the end, I would have thoughts about "I didn't buy enough hot dogs" or "I should have bought this", yada yada yada. So right after the 4th, I would record what I bought that year, and what I should do next year. The following year I would just look it up.
-LOTS and LOTS of work stuff. When I'm working on a project, I'll keep my notes there (it even does in-line math). Invaluable, instead of keeping stuff on post-it notes or a paper notebook.
-Combinations. I went to the gym today in the afternoon. Instead of going home to shower, I was heading out somewhere, so I showered there. I haven't used my combi lock in a while, so I just looked it up on onenote.

Pretty much everything you think you may someday forget- put it in onenote.

I use Gmail or Google Docs (Google Drive, now, I guess) for this kind of stuff. I get that OneNote is more purpose-built, but what are its real advantages?

Bucky wrote:

phatj wrote:

Bucky wrote:

phatj wrote:Help me find a use for OneNote

Oh, just about your whole stinkin' life. I put everything in there that doesn't have a proper home (like a bank register that has its own place). When I figure out something- like how to do something in excel- I copy and paste there. I keep all the model #s of my appliances there- if I'm out and I think "hey, I need a water filter for the fridge", it's in my pocket in OneNote.

I'll go through a few random pages:

-At one point I was copying VHS tapes onto DVD via the PC. I figured out what I needed to do. If I wanted to come back in a year, I would never remember what I did. So I quickly jotted down all the steps there.
-I figured out how to rip audio CDs and get them to play in the proper chapter order in my SANSA clip. I copied down all the instructions on how to make that happen.
-I did research on washing windows (ain't I exciting?) I copied the pertinent web pages there, including the "home formula" that I decided on. When I ran out, I opened up onenote and quickly recalled how to make more.
-I (used to) buy the food for the fire co. 4th of july parade. Every year, at the end, I would have thoughts about "I didn't buy enough hot dogs" or "I should have bought this", yada yada yada. So right after the 4th, I would record what I bought that year, and what I should do next year. The following year I would just look it up.
-LOTS and LOTS of work stuff. When I'm working on a project, I'll keep my notes there (it even does in-line math). Invaluable, instead of keeping stuff on post-it notes or a paper notebook.
-Combinations. I went to the gym today in the afternoon. Instead of going home to shower, I was heading out somewhere, so I showered there. I haven't used my combi lock in a while, so I just looked it up on onenote.

Pretty much everything you think you may someday forget- put it in onenote.

I use Gmail or Google Docs (Google Drive, now, I guess) for this kind of stuff. I get that OneNote is more purpose-built, but what are its real advantages?

i don't know anything about google docs, but i don't see how gmail can be nearly as useful. I think "purpose built" is the key. the UI for desktop is awesome. The mobile apps suffer the usual cut-down-for-mobile malarchy.

I guess the "purpose built" thing is the key here- makes for easy organization. It has a notebook structure (in the left pane). for instance, I have notebooks for "personal", "work", "firehouse", "woodworking", etc. And within each notebook (manifested as tabs across the top of the page) are "sections". And within sections (listed in the right pane) are "pages". So within my "work" notebook, I'll create a "section" for a particular project. then I'll create a different "page" for each different aspect of that project that I want to track. (pages are a virtual structure and have no size limits).

You can drag and drop anything into it- pictures, text, web pages, mp3 files, etc. And you can use the windows+s key combination and it gives you a resizable window over whatever your looking at on your screen. Make the selection, and it pops you into onenote where you can file that "screenshot" wherever you want. And if it's from a web page, it also copies the url in for your also. There's a ton of other features that I really haven't exploited, either. And one great thing (on the desktop) is the "search all notebooks" box...just type a word/phrase and it will start listing matching pages, so you can find whatever you want. that feature is sadly lacking from the android version (for now). But that is fairly new.

TRY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT!!

TenuredVulture wrote:What kind of douchebag student asks for powerpoint in the course evaluation? Powerpoints are for lazy ass professors who don't know their material.

Slowhand wrote:Personally, I've always hated PowerPoint presentations and never got any use out of downloading the slides, but I guess I'm in the minority, it seems.

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